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he joins us now. you have been falling all of these changes as they keep getting updated and we went from one point where we were reporting an artificial earthquake. we're now hearing confirmation from south korea this was a nuclear blast. china is not coming on board as yet and japan seems fairly quiet on this. just give us your reading on what is happening across the region as people are starting this information, which we must say was not a surprise. >> this was not at all a surprise. the north koreans have been making clear for several weeks now that they were planning to stage a nuclear test ban and it really was the only real question of when. the timing is interesting because this comes just before president obama is going to deliver his "state of the union" message. and the north koreans, as they have done many times in the past, have managed to insert themselves into the middle of everybody else's agenda. there is no way that president obama will be able to deliver that message without having
he joins us now. you have been falling all of these changes as they keep getting updated and we went from one point where we were reporting an artificial earthquake. we're now hearing confirmation from south korea this was a nuclear blast. china is not coming on board as yet and japan seems fairly quiet on this. just give us your reading on what is happening across the region as people are starting this information, which we must say was not a surprise. >> this was not at all a surprise....
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let us know what you think. you can follow me on twitter right now @andersoncooper. >>> plenty to tweet about, including pope benedict's stunning decision to step down. two longtime vatican watchers join us with details. >>> and later, as terrifying a view as you ever want to see. take a look at this video. we'll take you where a string of tornado hit, show you the damage they did. incredible pictures there. we'll be right back. and kept turning the page, writing the next chapter for the rx and lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. writing the next chapter for the rx and lexus. i have obligations. cute tobligations, but obligations.g. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider
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let us know what you think. you can follow me on twitter right now @andersoncooper. >>> plenty to tweet about, including pope benedict's stunning decision to step down. two longtime vatican watchers join us with inside details, at least as inside as you can get when covering the pope. >>> and later, as terrifying a view as you ever want to see. take a look at this video. we'll take you where a string of tornado hit, show you the damage they did. incredible pictures there. we'll be right back. i found a powerful new way to cut out arthritis pain. [ male announcer ] icy hot arthritis lotion. powerful encapsulated menthol gets icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. power past pain. >>> a lot's happened since the year 1415, but one thing has not, not once. in those 598 years, six centuries, 59 leaders of the roman catholic church have reigned and not one has resigned. since the year 1450, not one single pope has left the vatican without also leaving this world. that is until today. according to the "new york times,
let us know what you think. you can follow me on twitter right now @andersoncooper. >>> plenty to tweet about, including pope benedict's stunning decision to step down. two longtime vatican watchers join us with inside details, at least as inside as you can get when covering the pope. >>> and later, as terrifying a view as you ever want to see. take a look at this video. we'll take you where a string of tornado hit, show you the damage they did. incredible pictures there....
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joins us now with late detailed. ted? >> we're getting more details on the two men who have been arrested. both facing murder charges and attempted murder charges. 1 is 18-year-old michael waurld. the other, 20-year-old kenneth williams. both are gang members in a gang here in chicago. and michael ward, the 18-year-old, according to superintendent gary mcgathery, has confessed that he was attempted to shoot at a rival gang. he thought hadiya pendleton was with a member or members of a rival gang in that park when he opened fire. he was of course mistaken. it was hadiya who had just finished final examines and she was with a number of friends from school. he said he got out of a car, walked up, and shot into the crowd of people, and then apparently got away with the help of williams. they were trying to retaliate against a gang who had shot williams the prior year, and in that case, according to the superintendent mccarthy, they actually made an arrest and caught williams' assailant, but he refused to press charges. back t
joins us now with late detailed. ted? >> we're getting more details on the two men who have been arrested. both facing murder charges and attempted murder charges. 1 is 18-year-old michael waurld. the other, 20-year-old kenneth williams. both are gang members in a gang here in chicago. and michael ward, the 18-year-old, according to superintendent gary mcgathery, has confessed that he was attempted to shoot at a rival gang. he thought hadiya pendleton was with a member or members of a...
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both of those favor us and common sense there when do we not. break in the fat. in my preaching for now but stay tuned to hear about the h.i.v. epidemic and how it's being blacked out by the corporate media next. more . sleep. let me. let me ask you a question. here. is what we have in the bank we have our knives out. if. you feel the sight of spam staying there again hearing the story will be an ideal way to talk about the surveillance me. such. as yourself or she made me feel like. last thursday it was national black hiv aids awareness day and the day is educated many people about the disease the rate of infection for members of the black community hasn't gone down instead it's increased in fact if washington d.c. were an african nation it would bring twenty third out of fifty four countries in the percentage of people with hiv in the district seven point one percent of black males are infected which is an intensely disproportionate figure in relation to other demographics signaling a clear sign of an ongoing epidemic but you wouldn't know about by watching the
both of those favor us and common sense there when do we not. break in the fat. in my preaching for now but stay tuned to hear about the h.i.v. epidemic and how it's being blacked out by the corporate media next. more . sleep. let me. let me ask you a question. here. is what we have in the bank we have our knives out. if. you feel the sight of spam staying there again hearing the story will be an ideal way to talk about the surveillance me. such. as yourself or she made me feel like. last...
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hodo traders using technical analysis streamline their process? at fidelity, we do it by merging two tools into one. combining your customized charts with leading-edge analysis tools from recognia so you can quickly spot key trends and possible entry and exit points. we like this idea so much that we've applied for a patent. i'm colin beck of fidelity investments. our integrated technical analysis is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades when you open an account. [ male announcer ] with citibank it's easy for jay to deposit checks from anywhere. [ wind howling ] easier than actually going to the bank. mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. okay. [ male announcer ] with citibank's popmoney, dan can easily send money by email right from his citibank account. nice job ben. [ male announcer ] next up, the gutters. citibank popmoney. easier banking. standard at citibank. >>> welcome back to "halftime report." qualcomm slipping down. they point out two reasons. it jumped 60% sinc
hodo traders using technical analysis streamline their process? at fidelity, we do it by merging two tools into one. combining your customized charts with leading-edge analysis tools from recognia so you can quickly spot key trends and possible entry and exit points. we like this idea so much that we've applied for a patent. i'm colin beck of fidelity investments. our integrated technical analysis is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades...
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less for us. more for you. we all work remotely so this is a big deal, our first full team gathering! i wanted to call on a few people. ashley, ashley marshall... here. since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps in emails. [ shouting ] oh i'm sorry guys. ah sometimes the caps lock gets stuck on my keyboard. hey do you wanna get a drink later? [ male announcer ] hold packages at any fedex office location. [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] we created the luxury crossover and kept turning the page, writing the next chapter for the rx and lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. >> cyber is now at a point where the technology is there to cripple the country, to take down our power grid system, to take down or government systems, take down or financial systems and literally paralyze the country. that is a reality. >> secretary of defe
less for us. more for you. we all work remotely so this is a big deal, our first full team gathering! i wanted to call on a few people. ashley, ashley marshall... here. since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps in emails. [ shouting ] oh i'm sorry guys. ah sometimes the caps lock gets stuck on my keyboard. hey do you...
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states can use. i think this is very much open to president obama as he takes to the house. he talks about the desire to work together for a true balanced approach, not a balanced approach that is not balanced. he could be met halfway by john boehner and the house republicans. that saves the country. it is my pleasure to call up my former budget committee chairman. it is nice to be part of a group with people you have read about in history books. this fellow i did serve with. jim nussle. >> thank you. hopefully not in the history books in just yet. i am jim nussle from iowa. i am the former house budget chairman. i learned a lot from watching them work together. and the people on this stage. they have all had a hand in working the process to a successful conclusion many times while the serbs in congress. i am co-chair of the committee for responsible federal budget. we thought it would be important to tap the resources of people who have actually been there, done that, had a number of teachers to the
states can use. i think this is very much open to president obama as he takes to the house. he talks about the desire to work together for a true balanced approach, not a balanced approach that is not balanced. he could be met halfway by john boehner and the house republicans. that saves the country. it is my pleasure to call up my former budget committee chairman. it is nice to be part of a group with people you have read about in history books. this fellow i did serve with. jim nussle....
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>> us, all of us. what's happened is that these enormous telecommunications companies, comcast and time warner on the wired side, verizon and at&t on the wireless side, have divided up markets, put themselves in the position where they're subject to no competition and no oversight from any regulatory authority. and they're charging us a lot for internet access and giving us second class access. this is a lot like the elecifation story from the beginng othe 20th ctury. initially electricity was viewed as a luxury. so when f.d.r. came in, 90% of farms didn't have electricity in america at the same time that kids in new york city were playing with electric toys. and f.d.r. understood how important it was for people all over america to have the dignity and self-respect and sort of cultural and social and economic connection of an electrical outlet in thr home. so he made sure to take on the special interests that were controlling electricity then who had divided up markets and consolidated just the way int
>> us, all of us. what's happened is that these enormous telecommunications companies, comcast and time warner on the wired side, verizon and at&t on the wireless side, have divided up markets, put themselves in the position where they're subject to no competition and no oversight from any regulatory authority. and they're charging us a lot for internet access and giving us second class access. this is a lot like the elecifation story from the beginng othe 20th ctury. initially...
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use promo code: gethelp. if you're not completely satisfied, notify lifelock and you won't pay a cent. order now and also get this shredder to ke your documents out of the wrong hands-- a $29 dollar value, free. get protected now. call the number on your screen or go to lifelock.com to try lifelock protection risk free for a full 60 days. use promo code: gethelp. plus get this document shredder free-- but only if you act right now. call the number on your screen now! >> i'm adam shapiro with your fox business brief. the dow and s&p hit new five-year highs today. the nasdaq the only index closing in the red. shares of harris-teeter supermarkets jumped following a "wall street journal" report that the grocery store chain is considering a seal and working with jpmorgan to pursue options. harris-teeter has a market value of roughly $1.8 billion and operates 200 stores along the east coast from florida up to delaware. >>> our charlie gasparino has been reporting on significant changes coming to sac capital. the he
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please share your point of view with us. obviously, two very different points of view tonight. >>> still to come, some say there's a civil war in the republican party. who will call the shots for the gop, or will it splinter into oblivion? >>> plus, the girl murdered in chicago. why is it taking so long to find her killer? >>> and joe paterno's family calls a investigation into the penn state child sex scandal wrong and flawed. joe paterno's son comes "outfront" to explain why. [ female announcer ] going to sleep may be easy, but when you wake up in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's an effective sleep medicine you don't take before bedtime. take it in bed only when you need it and have at least four hours left for sleep. do not take intermezzo if you have had an allergic reaction to drugs containing zolpidem, such as ambie
please share your point of view with us. obviously, two very different points of view tonight. >>> still to come, some say there's a civil war in the republican party. who will call the shots for the gop, or will it splinter into oblivion? >>> plus, the girl murdered in chicago. why is it taking so long to find her killer? >>> and joe paterno's family calls a investigation into the penn state child sex scandal wrong and flawed. joe paterno's son comes...
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or at least you used to be. because now republicans have come up with yet another innovation for this most ancient american political ritual. they were the first ones who came up with the rebuttal address in 1966. and now since barack obama has been president, they have come up with a new idea. the idea of doing not just a rebuttal to the president's state of the union address, but also a rebuttal to their own rebuttal. what? yes. for the third year in a row now, republicans are rebutting themselves as well as rebutting the president. what could possibly go wrong? the first year was 2011 when minnesota congresswoman and eventual presidential candidate michele bachmann gave not the republican party response, but the tea party republican response to the republican response to president obama's state of the union while making meaningful eye contact with something other than the camera that was pointed at her. that was the first one. the year after that, the tea party republican response to the republican response t
or at least you used to be. because now republicans have come up with yet another innovation for this most ancient american political ritual. they were the first ones who came up with the rebuttal address in 1966. and now since barack obama has been president, they have come up with a new idea. the idea of doing not just a rebuttal to the president's state of the union address, but also a rebuttal to their own rebuttal. what? yes. for the third year in a row now, republicans are rebutting...
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use promo code: gethelp. if you're not completely satisfied, notify lifelock and you won't pay a cent. order now and also get this shredder to keep your documents out of the wrong hands-- a $29 dollar value, free. get protected now. call the number on your screen or go to lifelock.com to try lifelock protection risk free for a full 60 days. use promo code: gethelp. plus get this document shredder free-- but only if you act right now. call the number on your screen now! >> all right. here comes the opening bell seconds from now. [bell ringing] . we're expecting an upside bias and take us closer back to 14,000. we closed out yesterday at 13, 971. the opening trend should be just a fraction higher, yes, it is not by much. don't expect a deluge of buying here, not going to happen, not in the early going. let's bring in nicole, i've got a question to compose here, the president is going to demand more spending. i've got to believe that the stock market wants more government spending, that that is a plus for the ma
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we use, we use a few different analytics tools, but one of them we use is something called chart beat which enables us to not only see how many people are reading, it's data in the aggregate, so there's no -- we can see how many people are reading at any given moment in time. you can also see how far down an article they get which is really, really interesting. because sometimes you'll have a great headline which will get lots of people, and you'll think, wow, who would have thought that that many people wanted to know about that topic. but then you see you'll have 70% of people who will drop off after the first paragraph. but then you'll have other pieces like, you know, walter kern just wrote a wonderful first-person essay. he's a gun owner, he has, you know, carries guns in his car, talks about how he's had to pull them on people and sort of tries to explain why so many gun owners feel so strongly about their weapons and their rights. anyway, but the number of people who read really, really deep into that piece was on the web was, um, you know, well over 70%. which, um, is not a nu
we use, we use a few different analytics tools, but one of them we use is something called chart beat which enables us to not only see how many people are reading, it's data in the aggregate, so there's no -- we can see how many people are reading at any given moment in time. you can also see how far down an article they get which is really, really interesting. because sometimes you'll have a great headline which will get lots of people, and you'll think, wow, who would have thought that that...
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less for us. more for you. [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] we created the luxury crossover and kept turning the page, writing the next chapter for the rx and lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> margins are slowing or compressing. we know that. it's been one of the central reasons why investors have sold this stock over the last several months as they have. concerns mount as to where margins will go in the future. cook goes on to say because we're not a hardware company we have other ways to make money and reward shareholders. certainly, there's some spin in there to get everybody to see the margin compression the way they have in the last several months. he's addressing the fact wha when all know and what they're concerned about. mar grirns compressing at apple and he has a strategy that will please shareholders and investors an get this stock going high sneer they're an ecosystem and stores are not designed for selling, zpirnd services customers. whether ron johnson of jcpenney
less for us. more for you. [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] we created the luxury crossover and kept turning the page, writing the next chapter for the rx and lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> margins are slowing or compressing. we know that. it's been one of the central reasons why investors have sold this stock over the last several months as they have. concerns mount as to where margins will go in the future. cook goes on to say because we're not a hardware...
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none of us do. so i mean, any of us could go, we are not going to agree with everybody that is there, carol. >> pete. >> well, i mean, he will probably be respectful tonight, he might not yell out or fire a gun in the chamber but he has not been respectful in the past. ted nugent, carol, is a brand. just like donald trump is a brand. what they do, they say crazy provocative things so we will talk about them, so they remain relevant and can sell tickets to their in his case concerts or raise their speaking fees, which is why people like newt gingrich ran for president. it's about getting your name out there, staying relevant and saying crazy things. nugent knows nothing about economic policy much less math even politics in general. but he says wild things, and they are entertaining. and everybody talks about him. i don't know how long it's been since he put out an album, he's a talented musician and he's trying to celticets and remain relevant with the people that agree with the crazy things he says.
none of us do. so i mean, any of us could go, we are not going to agree with everybody that is there, carol. >> pete. >> well, i mean, he will probably be respectful tonight, he might not yell out or fire a gun in the chamber but he has not been respectful in the past. ted nugent, carol, is a brand. just like donald trump is a brand. what they do, they say crazy provocative things so we will talk about them, so they remain relevant and can sell tickets to their in his case concerts...
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we're happy are you with us. i'm zoraida sambolin in new york. >> and i'm john berman in washington. we'll have more from washington on tonight's state of the unof address just ahead. >> thank you, john. >>> first, north korea has conducted a third test of a nuclear bomb. north korea state run news agency announced "conducted a third successful nuclear test." this after u.s. seismologists picked up a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in north korea about a mile underground, in the same area where they conducted two previous tests. the question, how close is north korea to making a bomb it did actually deploy? what does this test say about the state of the nuclear program? a lot of skeptics that say they don't have the capability to launch. >> people are saying it's not yet a nuclear state. but you have to think it is one step closer to developing a nuclear arsenal. successfully conducted its third nuclear test. it happened at noon local time. they let off an atomic bomb more powerful, lighter and certainly much smaller th
we're happy are you with us. i'm zoraida sambolin in new york. >> and i'm john berman in washington. we'll have more from washington on tonight's state of the unof address just ahead. >> thank you, john. >>> first, north korea has conducted a third test of a nuclear bomb. north korea state run news agency announced "conducted a third successful nuclear test." this after u.s. seismologists picked up a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in north korea about a mile...
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use caution when driving or operating machinery. common side effects include nausea, trouble sleeping and unusual dreams. it helps to have people around you... they say, you're much bigger than this. and you are. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. then you're going to love this. right now they're only $14.95! wow-a grt deal just got a whole lot better. hurry. $14.95 won't last. >>> some of the host stories in a flash, rapid fire. roll it. >>> first up, the vatican says pope benedict has a pacemaker. his spokesman says benedict got it when he was a cardinal. he says doctors replace the device's batteries about three months ago and it had nothing to do with his decision to resign. meantime, the pope's brother, george ratzinger, says he thinks the church will choose another european to replace benedict. >> translator: i'm certain a pope will come from the new continent, but whether it will be now, i have my doubts. in europe, we have many very able people. and the africans are still not so well known and ma
use caution when driving or operating machinery. common side effects include nausea, trouble sleeping and unusual dreams. it helps to have people around you... they say, you're much bigger than this. and you are. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. then you're going to love this. right now they're only $14.95! wow-a grt deal just got a whole lot better. hurry. $14.95 won't last. >>> some of the host stories in a flash, rapid fire. roll it. >>> first...
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send us a valentine video for someone you love. use vine, twitter's new video sharing application. post your video by 2:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. use the hash tag cnn valentine and on valentine's day we'll show the best videos on cnn and on our website as well. here is an example of one of them. "cnn newsroom" continues with brooke baldwin. >>> 4,000 people are stuck. right now, on a cruise ship, with sewage running down the walls, toilets broken. fistfights over food. you'll hear from one of the passengers. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. a dad is charged with murder for allegedly killing the drunk driver who ran over his two young sons. we're on the case. >>> plus, north korea rattles the world by launching a nuclear test. i'll tell you when america should be worried. >>> and -- >> the president of the united states! >> -- inside the most bizarre moments from past state of the union addresses. my tv crush john berman joins me live. wait until you see what he found. >>> hi, everyone. i'm brooke baldwin. want to begin with the hottest stories in a flash. we call it rapid fire.
send us a valentine video for someone you love. use vine, twitter's new video sharing application. post your video by 2:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. use the hash tag cnn valentine and on valentine's day we'll show the best videos on cnn and on our website as well. here is an example of one of them. "cnn newsroom" continues with brooke baldwin. >>> 4,000 people are stuck. right now, on a cruise ship, with sewage running down the walls, toilets broken. fistfights over food. you'll...
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that should give us hope. in the worlds of wallace stegner, one cannot be pessimistic about the west, this is still the native state where one learns that cooperation, not rugged individual lism, is the quality that most characters it and preserves it, then it will have out-lived itself. then it has a chance to build a society to match its scenery. here in oregon our legislature, our 77th legislative assembly, the men and women gathered in this assembly today, i think are living proof that cooperation is the quality that most characterizes us and that through cooperation and trusting and relying on one another and through hope, i believe we can build a society to match our scenery. it is easy, i think, for hope to fade when we think of the enormous list of things that we have to do. so for all of you in this room today, and to everyone throughout this wonderful state, i want to leave you with this story. to me it offers a perspective on how far we have come but also on how far we have yet to go. when i was in
that should give us hope. in the worlds of wallace stegner, one cannot be pessimistic about the west, this is still the native state where one learns that cooperation, not rugged individual lism, is the quality that most characters it and preserves it, then it will have out-lived itself. then it has a chance to build a society to match its scenery. here in oregon our legislature, our 77th legislative assembly, the men and women gathered in this assembly today, i think are living proof that...